Gender equity

Yarra Ranges Council is serious about striving to create a workplace where opportunity is equal for women and men. We are dedicated to changing the behaviours and attitudes that contribute to violence against women.

To achieve this, we are building a workplace and workplace culture where employees support, promote and improve gender equity with the wider goal of preventing violence against women and their children in the Yarra Ranges community.

Violence against women is a pervasive and serious issue in our community. Its causes lie in the lack of equality in relationships between men and women in our society and in gender stereotypes.